Friday 10 June 2011

bits and bobs and beauties!

I haven't been upto anything much in the sense of new and exciting...but rather continuing on the book-making. I have the fantastic motivation of a book order which magically worked its way to me through the Open Studio Event :) How diddly delightful :)
So I've been making some variations of the "subirdia" book I showed you not long ago. I'm so enjoying the mish mash of colours and textures I can squeeze into one book cover!
Oh and I also made some singed little polymer birdies too! Did I ever mention I was the worlds worst cook? Well...turns out it extends to baking clay stuffs too!



So to relieve the monotony of books and more birdie books(!) I want to share a few beauties that I've recently bought......gotta share that abundance, spread that wealth :)
Gorgeous gorgeous Alice in wonderland stickers and a print from Shayla who's blog is here and shop is here. I so love her style and the spatters of paint against the graphite. Loooovely!
Gwynnie B makes the most exquisite silver jewellery and her beoootiful little book caught my eye...you should see the detail on the covers and with real pages and all! This little miniature masterpiece is now the holder of "my story"...and I like to think will get handed down to my girls when it is complete and ready to be shared :)
Last but not least...how cooooool is this little beauty :) I LOVE the idea of using, recycling old and chipped cups, restoring them to a former glory..if not even more glorious!
So if you fancy learning how to make a mini world in a tea cup go here!

And if you've made it all the way to here I'm sending you a sparkly medal through the ether :)
Remember its "party on!" time xx


31 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing abundance! :)Love the book cover. It looks so soft. And don't worry. I might be worse at cooking than you. I have actually burned the clay it turned black. :)

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  2. jenny, i love your books & heart so much...
    i snuggle up c l o s e.
    xoooxX

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  3. Love the book covers, juest great! Valerie

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  4. creative book covers. I recognize Shayla's art, so nice.

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  5. I love Shayla's work too :)

    Just added you to my pin board!

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  6. I love, LOVE love your books. I am a sucker for color and texture and of course, cuteness. So beautiful!

    Nice purchases too!
    Happy PPF!

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  7. Love your book covers. Great colors and texture. Happy PPF!

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  8. So many gorgeous things - those books are wonderful.

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  9. Wonderful Subirdia books, great idea. Shayla does do beautiful work, and so do you. This is a group of amazing artist.

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  10. I am SO loving your book covers! Too, too adorable. Those singed birdies I want to scoop up. All of them. And you can't be the world's worst cook. That would be me. Too many disasters to name.

    I am a big fan of Shayla's work. You scored nicely! Love all of your treasures! How fun! :)

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  11. Gorgeous book covers, Happy PPF, Annette x

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  12. Very cool finds Jenny! Your journals are beautiful. I love the bright colors. You made me chuckle about your birdies. Poor birdies.

    Have a great weekend!

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  13. Love the little polymer clay birds :)

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  14. I don't think those subirdia books could ever get monotonous. :) I saw a teacup pincushion on another blog this week. I think they are so pretty and delicate. I used to sew a LOT but now only occasionally but I think I might NEED a teacup pincushion.

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  15. So many lovely things, beautiful books.

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  16. the little birdies are cute. Do you have an oven thermometer? Might help with the baking; discovered my oven is actuallly 25 degress hotter than the knob says ;-0 happy ppf!

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  17. I love your little birdies! And the books are wonderful!

    What fun finds you've brought home!

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  18. Beauties...the books and birdies are my favorite!

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  19. Oooo...such fun stuff on this post! Thanks for sharing all these goodies :)

    ...and your books...they are adorable! Love them!!

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  20. love your clay birdies and your book pages!

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  21. The books you're creating are wonderful :0) Dxx

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  22. So many things to ooooh and aaaah over. Love those little birds. HAPPY PPF!

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  23. Wow - look at all of the goodness in this post! (I love "subirdia"!) You made me laugh about your cooking skills and the clay baking (although I find it hard to believe there is anything you aren't fabulous at!) The birdies are so super-duper adorable!!!

    Congratulations on your book order!

    xo
    Kristin

    p.s. I have the same print by Shayla (and it just so happens to sit in a lovely frame on a bookshelf right by my copy of Alice in Wonderland!)

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  24. These look like so much fun to make. And I think the name Subirdia is awesome.

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  25. Oooohhhh, so many goodies, all are beautiful ... just love it!

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  26. Very cool books! And what pretty new treasures you have!

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  27. Those books are wild! Love em love em love em. I've never used cloth for bookmaking--you've inspired me!

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  28. Hi again Jenny, thank you for your comment on my blog about my seagulls :) I just thought I'd let you know that we welcome members to Etc collective from all over, so if you'd be interested in joining I can email you about it :)

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  29. just getting round here now-had a real party to go to at the weekend! i love the wonderful wee treasure trove of eye candy you've got on this post! your little subirdia books are so cute and i really like the wee polymer birds (and they don't look singed!) thanks for sharing the other cute and creative stuff- i'm off to find out more-also love the graphite drawings with splashes of paint!

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  30. Oooo! I love everything you shared so much, but especially the little house on a hill in the tea cup ... That is the cutest thing I've ever seen. I always love seeing your posts. Hope you are having an amazing week! ~:D xo

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  31. Love the books, and birdies, they're gorgeous. I love making stuff out of polymer clay...

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